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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Corrupt0387:
Looking for direction

To sum up my question, how do I know what folders my phone is currently using and what folders are left over from an older Rom?

I think what threw me off was doing the SdCard mod, swapping internal memory, and it came undone leaving all the folders where they were.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] wess666:
Stock recovery for 889v

I used mskip's TOOLKIT V3.0.0 TMOBILE to root and install TWRP and wanted to flash the stock recovery back but the file mentioned in the steps (recovery-stock-alj4-SGHT889v.tar) does not exist in the recovery folder! I stopped the process and reinstalled the toolkit but still missing that file...

any help would be really appreciated
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] magnumcrx:
help t889 no power

hi just need emergency help my note 2 t889 yesterday was working flawlessthen let it idle a couple of hours and show the notification light but when hit power just get a black screen i remove the battery but now doesnt even charge ill apreciate any kind of help
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ...Awesome...:
You can't even boot into boot loader
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] magnumcrx:
no i cant. try everything that ive read here and no luck
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhxDroid86:
Were you stock? What "setup" were you running?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] magnumcrx:
uvalk8- jedi xx root
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] inspron:
I have rooted my note 2.

On a lot of the youtube videos, people click their power button and they get the "Power Off", "Airplane", "Restart" and ***Boot to recover***

Could someone help me to where I can get that toggle added to my power button screen?

I have searched "boot to recover" but that brings up bazillion unrelated topics. Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhxDroid86:
Its possible to add the mod separately, but most custom roms include the option as well, either way root is required
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Jerry D:
Here is a link from our Development Section that will give you what you are looking for.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2026776
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] careenprokop85:
anyone else have this problem?

I have a t889, never really messed around with it, except to unlock it. Ive been a long time fan of xda though, so i decided it was time to start rooting, but was worried about voiding my warranty. Ive read all about resetting flash counters, using triangle away etc ect. but wasnt too awful sure about all of this.

In the end I decided to go with option 2 (strictly rooting my phone) found on this form:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1955423

Flashed through odin, no problems, worked great. Said this in download mode after rooting:

custom binary download: yes (1 count)

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: custom

Decided to try and unroot it, in case i needed a warranty exchange once i went back wih tmobile. Flashed the normal stock rom downloaded through kies (so i KNEW it was straight from samsung ya know?). Again, no problem.

Went back into download mode...... saw this:

custom binary download: yes (2 counts)

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Official

alrighty then. rerooted using CF autoroot as per thread instructions. now i saw this is download mode:

custom binary download: yes (3 counts)

Current Binary: custom

System Status: custom

Used triangle away. Now i saw this in download mode:

custom binary download: no

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Official

I said to myself "YAY! now to simply remove the root by using supersu (settings, full unroot), and do a system/cache reset from recovery mode, like it says." Did that exactly like they say in the forum......... saw this:

custom binary download: yes (1 count)

Current Binary: custom

System Status: custom

me = NOT HAPPY at that point! So, i retried all the steps listed, thinking i did something wrong. Same results. Tried it a 3rd time, same thing..... finally about to through my pc, i searched the forums for some other fix.

Found THIS thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1975560

HOLY COW IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!!!! After simply flashing the root66_TMO_T889UVALL4 rom with odin, my download mode now says this:

custom binary download: no

Current Binary: samsung official

System Status: official

Not ONLY is it consistently saying this thoughout MANY reboots, it also stays this way after a system/cache reset through recovery mode.

AND if you use the root66 rom, your phone is basically normal stock tmobile everything, with one huge exception... ITS ROOTED!!!! YAY! Now you can do whatever the heck u want, and if u have to send it in for warranty exchage, just use the system/cache reset from recovery mode and it wont chnce any of the values like i was having so many problems with! No need to use supersu to unroot and no need to use triangle away (although i still bought the app even if its just to support the devloper).

I hope this helps anyone who's running into the same problems I did. I cant thank the OP of the root66 rom (mrRobinson) anywhere NEAR enough for fixing my phone! Now i can uninstall the bloatware and CARRIER IQ that i hate, and not have to worry about screwing up my warrany exchange!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] careenprokop85:
im about to go out of my mind please help!

ok, so i had the root66 uvall4 rom on my rooted note 2. No problems. got a push update about 4.1.2 updated it, realized oh crap, no root. used cf auto root. didnt work like it said, it didnt install supersu. so i went to the play store..... my wifi is connected.... but NOTHING IS WORKING! I said ok fine, installed the root66 uvbmb4 rom, still no wifi! I mean it shows that its there but doesnt work! If i have to factory reset/restore everything im not gonna be happy because i didnt make a nandroid backup beforehand, seeing as how ive used cf auto rotot and root66 roms with no problems. am i totally screwed on my games and screenshots and everything and do i HAVE to factory reset? (yes i wiped my dalvik cache and cache each time if anyone is wondering. btw i am trying right now to go back to the root 66 uvall4 rom and re flashing the uvbmb4 rom and see if that makes a difference, if not, any ideas on how to fix my wifi without completely losing everything? p.s. without the supersu i cant make a nandroid backup for my apps and stuff. i also tried multiple ways of installing the supersu zip (through twrp, cwm, sideload, everything i could think of. any help would be greatly appreciated!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
Don't factory reset yet..Odin the root 66 mb4, hopefully you learned. Always make a nandroid and titanium backup..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] lilbowza1985:
nv12.tar

can any one help me get this file nv12.tar to restore ap/cp communications to my phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] RonnieRuff:
You an also install from GOO.IM app from the play store

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] micxploed:
My note 2 will just completely shut off at the slightest bump, for example like when I set my phone down on the table. I tried A factory reset, that didn't work. So I tried a little experiment, I figured it might be the battery so what I did was test to see how soft a bump had to be to make the device turn off. Once I kinda figured that out I plugged in the charger and tried the bumps again and this time the device would not turn off. Which tells me there's something wrong with the battery, more specifically the three little prongs that touch the battery but I can't say for sure. By the way I have a phone protector on my device. has anyone experienced this type of problem. I may just have to get another phone. Thanks for reading

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This all started after I started connecting my note 2 to this cheap HDMI to micro USB cable that I got from Amazon. Which didn't even work by the way, well at least not all the time. I really do think this cable had something to do with the problem my phone is experiencing. I honestly think it shorted out something in my phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TheNoogie:
Hey, I posted a thread on this but it doesn't seem to be getting any traction. My wifes Note 2 magically remapped the home button to be a second menu button. Her phone is not rooted, lastest tmobile os, running apex launcher is the only custom anything on her phone. Changing home button attributes in apex settings does nothing, problem persists when using stock touchwiz launcher.

Anyone heard of this? Know of a fix or do we need to utilize her warranty again?

Forgot to mention this is a warranty replacement already, doesn't have a refurb sticker but im willing to bet it is. Problem arose 4 days after activation.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] micxploed:
Well, I guess somtimes even the "know it all helpers" get stumped too. :D

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You should try to un install apex launcher, restart your phone by powering off and takeing the battery out. Then restart it and see if your problem sill persist.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilipTD:
Did the problem first manifest when you installed Apex?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] TheNoogie:
I actually did a factory wipe and the problem persists, apex is not the issue. Thanks for the quick reply though. I actually just bit the bullet and called tmobile for a replacement, they were perplexed too, seems this issue is unique
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] micxploed:
I couldn't get help for my problem either so T Mobile just sent me another phone. I'm glad I have insurance on my phone, if I ever have a problem, I'll just get another one. :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilipTD:
Yeah, must be hardware in both cases, right? Well, best of luck with the new ones.

BTW, I got a replacement through T-Mobile's insurance provider, Asurion, or whatever, and it's a refurb. No one ever mentioned the fact that replacements will be refurbs, but it's probably in the fine print of the contract I didn't get to read because I purchased the insurance over the phone.

What I thought I'd point out to you guys, though, is that if your phones have a defect and will be replaced pursuant to the terms of the manufacturer's warranty, maybe you can insist on getting unopened boxes.

But, on the other hand, the refurbed replacement I got is like new - can't tell the difference.

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Absolutely.

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Very funny.

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Just flash the stock modem, right? And, BTW, your ideas are all good.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] micxploed:
Well, for tmobile there are 2 options, "IF you pay for the protection plan", Asurion handles lost, stolen or broken devices, to which you would have to pay a deductable to get another. Now what Tmobile handles are hardware and software issues. In which case you just pay a 5 buck service charge and Tmobile sends you another device,BUT, you have to send back the malfunctioning device within 7 days if not you get charged full price of the phone to your account. X) I did ask Tmobile as well as Asurion about referb and new replacements, they both said its just whatever they have available at the warehouse at the time, so its just plain luck if you get a BRAND NEW unopened original package which is what im hopeing to get tomorrow when my phone arrives!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
You running the stock battery? I had to put a spacer in mine to keep this very problem for cropping up with my Anker. I used a folded business card.

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilipTD:
B*stards! Well, hopefully you'll get a new one and not a "new" one. But, like I said, my "new" one is awesome, so worse case, it's all good.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] micxploed:
Yea it is a stock battery. I wouldent put anything around or near the battery, that could cause it to spark or something. :eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
Understood. I had the same symptoms and my fix worked for me. YMMV. Paper is a poor conductor and is unlikely to allow arcing. You might try it out for a little while and see if it helps.

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] micxploed:
I just got my replacement phone from t mobile and it seems to have a heating problem. The temperature idles 90 degrees f while doing absolutely nothing. What dose your phone temperature idle at?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhilipTD:
Mine is at 76. Did you take a look at your background processes?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] micxploed:
I did. This note is still new as in havent even installed any of my system apps or anything. Did this right out of the box. Already ordered yet another note 2 and should arrive tomorrow.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] G1Mojo:
Help!!

Thanks for any info in advance.

Here is the story, I was going to get my wife's T889 "updated" to CM 11 by way of the CMinstaller. it only put the "old" CWM recovery on and that would not allow me to install CM11 image. So I tried to install TWRP with CWM and it seemed to work. However on reboot the phone had the Samsung note 2 logo and then it did the old CRT horizontal line scroll and then NOTHING. no screen or lights just black. and only way to get back to even that screen is a battery pull. but what I thought was a glimmer of hope was when I plugged it back in to the PC it was noticed by windows. any ideas? my wife will kill me if I don't get this fixed.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
Use Odin to install TWRP. Use TWRP to install CM11. Forget you ever heard of CM installer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] G1Mojo:
Awesome! Just let me know how to use Odin without being able to get in Odin mode on the phone. Can't get passed logo screen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] OvrDriVE:
odin is used with the phone in download mode. if you don't know how to get there i'd suggest some reading is in order.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] G1Mojo:
Thanks for your help. Finally was able to get back in download mode and get TWRP installed and get CM 11 on there and running. Thought I was in trouble there for a bit tho. Thanks again for everyone's help and support. XDA FTW!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] knitten2000:
My Note II had been acting up lately. Had to pull the battery at times because it would freeze up. I figured I just had too many things running, or some app that was going nuts. Then it started force closing some apps repeatedly. Maildroid stopped working entirely. I figured it was a bad update.

So last week, I woke up, took the phone off the charger (the green light was on) hit the power button and - nothing. Did a battery pull, and then - nothing at all. No lights, no boot, no vibrate. Plugging in to charger produced the same, nothing. I tried using a battery from another Note2, no help. Its dead. I took it to a local cell phone repair shop. They thought maybe it was the power switch, but then they were not able to power it on even when they bypassed the switch. They said must be the motherboard. So sad... it was the best phone for me. I used the heck out of it.

I know there's probably no suggestions since even the repair guys couldn't help. But thought I'd post here anyway. In case anybody else is having these strange symptoms start to happen. Backup everything, the end could be near. I've replaced it with a Note 3, which so far I don't love nearly as much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] shiftymccool:
Mine does something similar to this if the battery drains completely. Have you tried booting into download mode? (hold volume down, home, power. Then reboot by pressing volume down) That's the only way I can wake the darn thing up when it dies completely.

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My Note should be salvageable but I can't seem to get anything to work. I have AOKP and TWRP installed. I tried rebooting into recovery from the power menu and get the Galaxy Note 2 screen followed by the Teamwin splash for a second then it repeats. This wouldn't be so much of a problem since I can still get to download mode. HOWEVER, no combination of cables or USB ports will get my PC to recognize that it's there. I've tried all the tricks that I can think of: different combos of booting to download mode and plugging in the cable, rebooting PC with phone already attached, etc...

I know there's a working ROM hidden in there, if I could just make it stop trying to boot to recovery. Any thoughts?

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] knitten2000:
Not quite. I tried holding vol up, vol down, and power at the same time. It did not respond in the slightest. And I know the battery was charged. I even borrowed a working battery but that didn't help. No lights, no vibrate, no sign of life at all. Just went and tried vol down, home, power. Still no sign of life.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ThatGuyWithTheBowtie:
Can't Flash Stock Rom, Help?

Not really an emergency of sorts, but I'm getting increasingly frustrated with the situation I have.

I found a Galaxy Note 2 on the street a few weeks ago. I waited for the owner to at least call the phone so I could return it to him/her. Owner cancels the SIM card, so there's no way to contact him/her. So I'm left with a phone that I can't access because it has a PIN to unlock it. I do a factory reset and go my nearest T-Mobile store. The phone checks out fine. The IMEI isn't blocked so I could use the phone if I wanted to. Thing is, I don't want to use T-mobile. I want to unlock the phone.

So I decided to follow this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2176721

Sounds pretty simple. Thing is the phone is on version 4.1.2, baseband MD1. In order for that method to work, I needed to downgrade to 4.1.1.

To my luck, I find this page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2102380

I download the 4.1.1 Stock ROM, Baseband LL4 and ODIN 3.10. I install the drivers. I turn on USB debugging and put the phone in ODIN mode. Everything seems to check out well until I hit this error:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> KIES_HOME_T889UVALL4_T889TMBALL4_598701_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I uninstalled Kies, thinking that it was messing with ODIN. Drivers are still installed.

I've tried other USB cables and ports.

Same problem.

Am I doing something wrong? This is pretty much my first time using ODIN. I've heard of Heimdall, but where would I get the files? Which ones should I use? Where to find them?

I'm sorry for all the detail, but I think I need to give as much detail as possible in order to be pointed in the right direction.

Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] OvrDriVE:
try downgrading the modem only. you can't go backwards on the full rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] ThatGuyWithTheBowtie:
If I ODIN just the modem, wouldn't that brick the device? Would I still be able to unlock the device using a downgraded modem?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] OvrDriVE:
you an downgrade just the modem to unlock the device then upgrade it back to normal
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] NICEGYPT:
My phone is just black screen but still works I can answer the phone and everything is working when you touch the screen but the screen is black. Also the bootloader is black as well. The odin can see the port normal, flashed back to stock but the screen still black!!!!! any solution????
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] onqq:
Note 2 NAND write failed....plz help

I was on T889UVALL4, use Odin to flash root66_TMO_T889UVUCMK7_2.tar.md5, got PASS, phone stuck in boot loop, can not get into recovery mode, so I try flashing again and got the following error. ( i flash KIES_HOME_T889UVALL4_T889TMBALL4_598701_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 with the same result)

Please help.

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> root66_TMO_T889UVUCMK7_2.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> FAIL!

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

here is the Odin log for stock firmware:

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> KIES_HOME_T889UVALL4_T889TMBALL4_598701_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> FAIL!

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] anoninja118:
Hey everyone, trying to fix a friend's derped Note 2. T-mobile and was last running a custom 4.1.2 rom, now I went to Odin it back to stock 4.1.2 and afterwards it just boots to the stock recovery with tons of red error messages saying it can't mount anything (/data, /system, /cache, etc.). It does this no matter what file I use to Odin, everything from 4.1 to 4.3. I can still get it into download mode and flash stuff and I can even get it into custom recovery. Here's where it gets interesting, it says the internal storage is 0mb... so how bad did I mess up? Seems the internal storage is f*cked so I thought I'd throw a post out here before I give the sad news and trash it. I'm not a phone noob so feel free to ask questions or suggest things and I'll do what I can.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] erica_renee:
first thing try a new oem cable
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] anoninja118:
Got it to work by re-formatting the file systems somehow in twrp

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One more quick question, what apks exactly are needed for full S-Note function? I have snotet0.apk and snotet0provider.apk as well as quicksnote.apk, all installed and working fine except for a "scrapbook" function my friend says is missing. Can't find any related apk its missing so I thought I'd ask
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] erica_renee:
official support is built into ui frame work kernel modules and drivers . not just apps. hope this helps as im not positive of what you asking
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] onqq:
can someone shed some light??

can anybody suggest what steps to take? or I have an expensive paper weight now?